...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

El Gringo

178 statements
34 feature instances
6 referencing feature instances

El Gringo	type	TVTItem
El Gringo	label	El Gringo
El Gringo	page	ElGringo
El Gringo	comment	The ultimate combination of Scott Adkins, John Woo, and Spaghetti Western films.A nameless drifter, called "The Man" (Adkins) wanders into the desert town of El Fronteras carrying a duffel bag full of money. El Fronteras happens to be run by a local drug cartel led by the sinister Culebra, who had the sheriff Chief Espinoza under his payroll, and they're not going to let The Man leave. Action ensues. Loads and loads of it.The movie's overall theme and setting pays homage to classic Spaghetti Westerns of the 70s, featuring nameless gunslingers as protagonists who wanders into towns occupied by dangerous thugs, although much of the action scenes are influenced by modern-day directors and choreographers, such as a 5-minute, uninterrupted action scene lifted from John Woo's catalogue of films where Scott Adkins' character marches into a shantytown occupied by at least 40 mooks, leaving piles and piles of dead bodies everywhere he goes. With a runtime of only 70-odd minutes, El Gringo is immensely entertaining.It is also currently Adkins' highest onscreen bodycount to date, where he left behind at least 65 corpses from beginning to the end of the movie.
El Gringo	fetched	2023-06-09T14:30:34Z
El Gringo	parsed	2023-06-09T14:30:34Z
El Gringo	isPartOf	DBTropes
El Gringo / int_114e432f	type	Improvised Bandage
El Gringo / int_114e432f	comment	Improvised Bandage: The film has The Man being treated by his new Love Interest, Anna, after being shot in a shootout in a shady motel without any medical supplies at hand. Anna improvises a bandage using her bra and panties, leading to the Man exclaiming "It's almost worth getting shot!"
El Gringo / int_114e432f	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_114e432f	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_114e432f
El Gringo / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
El Gringo / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: The one-on-one duel between The Man and El Jefe briefly have The Man turning the battle in his favour by pinning El Jefe to the ground and punching him repeatedly in the face. But it only lasts for a few seconds, since El Jefe is an Implacable Man who knocks The Man off in a few seconds.
El Gringo / int_25524784	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_25524784	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_25524784
El Gringo / int_2677f120	type	Leap and Fire
El Gringo / int_2677f120	comment	Leap and Fire: Done by The Man, especially in the shantytown shootout.
El Gringo / int_2677f120	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_2677f120	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_2677f120
El Gringo / int_2f0bc75e	type	Incompetent Guard Animal
El Gringo / int_2f0bc75e	comment	Incompetent Guard Animal: The failure of the dog The Man adopts to help him in a fight (save for in the final scene) or warn him when someone is about to attack him or steal his money becomes a Running Gag.
El Gringo / int_2f0bc75e	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_2f0bc75e	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_2f0bc75e
El Gringo / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
El Gringo / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Flaca is an unrepentant thief, but she seems to balk at the thought of killing people.
El Gringo / int_319e4a2f	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_319e4a2f	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_319e4a2f
El Gringo / int_34260591	type	Impromptu Tracheotomy
El Gringo / int_34260591	comment	Impromptu Tracheotomy: The Man disposes of Lieutenant West by shooting him through the throat.
El Gringo / int_34260591	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_34260591	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_34260591
El Gringo / int_3b0bd0ab	type	Thirsty Desert
El Gringo / int_3b0bd0ab	comment	Thirsty Desert: The entire movie is set in the desert town of El Fronteras. The Man is shown being delirious and desperate for water as he marches into the town early in the movie.
El Gringo / int_3b0bd0ab	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_3b0bd0ab	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_3b0bd0ab
El Gringo / int_48cbd223	type	Machete Mayhem
El Gringo / int_48cbd223	comment	Machete Mayhem: Culebra threatening Flaca for her failures using a huge machete. During the shantytown shootout scene, a few mooks tries getting the drop on The Man using machetes.
El Gringo / int_48cbd223	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_48cbd223	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_48cbd223
El Gringo / int_548bd053	type	Guns Akimbo
El Gringo / int_548bd053	comment	Guns Akimbo: The Man does this with dual shotguns.
El Gringo / int_548bd053	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_548bd053	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_548bd053
El Gringo / int_659ef759	type	Implacable Man
El Gringo / int_659ef759	comment	Implacable Man: El Jefe, who is the bigger and stronger opponent against The Man in a David vs. Goliath fight.
El Gringo / int_659ef759	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_659ef759	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_659ef759
El Gringo / int_6feaf27b	type	Scarily Competent Tracker
El Gringo / int_6feaf27b	comment	Scarily Competent Tracker: Lieutenant West's first scene has him figuring out the car that fled the shootout at the drug deal has a flat tire due to the tracks it leaves, and when he reaches the village, he's able to follow the footprints pretty well.
El Gringo / int_6feaf27b	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_6feaf27b	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_6feaf27b
El Gringo / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
El Gringo / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: Flaca tries robbing The Man of his duffel bag when he arrives in El Fronteras. He subdues her non-lethally, and relieves her of her knife and jacket, at the same time commenting on her lack of skills at using her knife.
El Gringo / int_7276d0de	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_7276d0de	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_7276d0de
El Gringo / int_72cdfc33	type	Big Bad Ensemble
El Gringo / int_72cdfc33	comment	Big Bad Ensemble: There’s at least 3 villains in the movie, Culebra, Chief Espinoza, and Dirty Cop Lieutenant West.
El Gringo / int_72cdfc33	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_72cdfc33	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_72cdfc33
El Gringo / int_7aaa865a	type	After-Action Healing Drama
El Gringo / int_7aaa865a	comment	After-Action Healing Drama: The Man, after being shot by Chief Espinoza, spends some time being healed by Anna, complete with Bandage Wince. Oh, and Anna uses her bra and panties as an improvised tourniquet to stop the bleeding on The Man’s arms, leading to this line from him…
El Gringo / int_7aaa865a	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_7aaa865a	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_7aaa865a
El Gringo / int_88e5fcbc	type	One-Hit Polykill
El Gringo / int_88e5fcbc	comment	One-Hit Polykill: During the shantytown shootout, The Man headshots THREE mooks in a narrow corridor using only one bullet.
El Gringo / int_88e5fcbc	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_88e5fcbc	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_88e5fcbc
El Gringo / int_950329d8	type	Dynamic Entry
El Gringo / int_950329d8	comment	Dynamic Entry: In one of her many chase scenes with The Man pursuing her, Flaca managed to lose The Man after stealing his duffel bag, at which point she slows down to open the bag and check its contents. Cue The Man bursting out through the wooden door of a nearby building, tackling her off her feet and causing the bag’s contents to spill all over the streets.
El Gringo / int_950329d8	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_950329d8	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_950329d8
El Gringo / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
El Gringo / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: The Man against a small legion of mooks in the shantytown shootout. The Man is also a one-man army in hand-to-hand combat, beating up several gangbangers in pursuit of his money despite a recent bullet wound to his arm.
El Gringo / int_9e943076	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_9e943076
El Gringo / int_bce728ca	type	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal
El Gringo / int_bce728ca	comment	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Flaca, who turns on Culebra after he tries to shoot her during his attempt to arrest The Man, and further berating her for failing him. For that, she stabs him In the Back just as Culebra is trying to kill The Man.
El Gringo / int_bce728ca	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_bce728ca	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_bce728ca
El Gringo / int_c2d978fe	type	Car Fu
El Gringo / int_c2d978fe	comment	Car Fu: The Man pursuing Lieutenant West near the end of the film. The chase ends with The Man ramming his vehicle into West’s, causing both vehicles to end up totaled at the border of El Fronteras.
El Gringo / int_c2d978fe	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_c2d978fe	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_c2d978fe
El Gringo / int_c3585f4a	type	Boom, Headshot!
El Gringo / int_c3585f4a	comment	Boom, Headshot!: Done repeatedly by The Man.
El Gringo / int_c3585f4a	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_c3585f4a	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_c3585f4a
El Gringo / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
El Gringo / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: So… what is the name of Scott Adkins’ character? Just The Man? Ok, that’ll do.
El Gringo / int_ca87e3ec	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_ca87e3ec	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_ca87e3ec
El Gringo / int_caf89e54	type	Taking You with Me
El Gringo / int_caf89e54	comment	Taking You with Me: Attempted by Chief Espinoza, after being shot by The Man, where he tries shooting The Man In the Back in his dying breath. But Anna chucks a knife into him, finishing him off.
El Gringo / int_caf89e54	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_caf89e54	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_caf89e54
El Gringo / int_d01cffbc	type	Badass Longcoat
El Gringo / int_d01cffbc	comment	Badass Longcoat: El Jefe wears a trench coat throughout his entire fight scene while giving The Man the beating of his life.
El Gringo / int_d01cffbc	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_d01cffbc	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_d01cffbc
El Gringo / int_d2102da0	type	Bad People Abuse Animals
El Gringo / int_d2102da0	comment	Bad People Abuse Animals: Early on after arriving in El Fronteras, The Man comes across a trio of punks bullying a dog which is tied to a leash. He promptly beats up all three of them. Chief Espinoza, who spends the whole movie trying to shoot stray dogs whom aren’t even attacking him, just for shits and giggles.
El Gringo / int_d2102da0	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_d2102da0	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_d2102da0
El Gringo / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
El Gringo / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: El Jefe is too preoccupied beating up The Man, and didn’t notice The Man retrieving a spare magazine and reaching for his holstered machine-pistol… until The Man had yanked it off, and emptied shot after shot into El Jefe finally taking him down.
El Gringo / int_d397657d	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_d397657d	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_d397657d
El Gringo / int_d498390f	type	Fruit Cart
El Gringo / int_d498390f	comment	Fruit Cart: A cart shows up during the first foot chase between The Man and Flaca who just made off with his duffel bag of money. She topples the cart over to block him, at which point he just nimbly jumps across. In the shantytown shootout, a henchman on a roof falls off onto a cart of watermelons.
El Gringo / int_d498390f	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_d498390f	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_d498390f
El Gringo / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
El Gringo / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After seeing his DEA partners murdered in an ambush and spending years watching most of the people he arrested get out on bail, The Man decides to leave the War on Drugs behind and go on the run with two million dollars taken from a dead drug dealer.
El Gringo / int_d9cf40fa	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_d9cf40fa	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_d9cf40fa
El Gringo / int_e16cd24e	type	Know When to Fold 'Em
El Gringo / int_e16cd24e	comment	Know When to Fold 'Em: In the climax, Culebra's few remaining Mooks drop their guns and run after The Man comes back yet again and wins over the crowd of observing bystanders by handing out money.
El Gringo / int_e16cd24e	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_e16cd24e	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_e16cd24e
El Gringo / int_e7ae07f5	type	Briefcase Full of Money
El Gringo / int_e7ae07f5	comment	Briefcase Full of Money: Well, duffel bag full of money.
El Gringo / int_e7ae07f5	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_e7ae07f5	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_e7ae07f5
El Gringo / int_f178203a	type	Inspector Javert
El Gringo / int_f178203a	comment	Inspector Javert: Lieutenant West, who will stop at nothing to have The Man arrested, even if it means pursuing him through the desert and the gangster-infested town of El Fronteras. Subverted when West is later revealed to be a Dirty Cop after the bag of money at the end.
El Gringo / int_f178203a	featureApplicability	-0.3
El Gringo / int_f178203a	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_f178203a
El Gringo / int_f5e59782	type	A Real Man Is a Killer
El Gringo / int_f5e59782	comment	A Real Man Is a Killer: When Flaca tells Culbera that she thought stealing The Man's money would get her into his gang, he coldly tells her that the only way into his gang is to kill someone.
El Gringo / int_f5e59782	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_f5e59782	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_f5e59782
El Gringo / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
El Gringo / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Flaca repeatedly making off with the duffel bag full of money The Man is carrying, and The Man chasing her down.
El Gringo / int_f9f2c33	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_f9f2c33	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_f9f2c33
El Gringo / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
El Gringo / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: Literally. The Man is saved from being shot by Chief Espinoza, by the very same dog Espinoza tried to shoot throughout the movie, when the dog bites Espinoza in the wrist as he draws his gun. Less literally Culebra ends up getting shanked by Flaca, whom he spent the entire movie treating like crap; he's also making a move to attack the Man as it happens.
El Gringo / int_fb3576b2	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_fb3576b2	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_fb3576b2
El Gringo / int_name	type	ItemName
El Gringo / int_name	comment
El Gringo / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
El Gringo / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
El Gringo	hasFeature	El Gringo / int_name
El Gringo / int_name	itemName	El Gringo

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

El Gringo	hasFeature	After-Action Healing Drama / int_2a926539
El Gringo	hasFeature	After-Action Patch-Up / int_2a926539
El Gringo	hasFeature	Films of 2010â€“2014 / int_2a926539
El Gringo	hasFeature	Heroic Bloodshed / int_2a926539
El Gringo	hasFeature	Improvised Bandage / int_2a926539
El Gringo	hasFeature	Incompetent Guard Animal / int_2a926539

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.